Wow Enigma, you REALLY take this stuff seriously. I mean, I have a lot of respect for my equipment and I'm careful with it...but wow...the whole gear checking and balancing thing just seems like a bit overkill...but anyways, to each its own =). My main shaft is a LITTLE bent, I'm going to replace it when we get more in at the shop, but for now it's doing OK. It was weird, I was actually getting no intereference today, I usually get SOME amount of interference. Flying in the backyard is a lot more fun than before, because now that I know my heli a lot better I can predict where it's going, I know when to move and I can bring it about a foot away from me in a hover without worrying. It's just that feeling of "one-ness" with the heli. Also, it seems like I'm the honorary Heli Guy at the hobbyshop now, I'm helping all the Blade customers and I was even teaching one a bit out back. It's pretty cool...just three weeks ago I was sliding and slamming across and into stuff, and I was totally lost. Now, some four sets of rotor blades, a new main shaft and flybar, new main frame, new canopy, three new sets of skids, two training gear (overkill, managed to lose a couple skid mounts and got lazy so I just bought a new set), a LiPo pack and aerobatics kit later....here I am!

Wow, now that I look back, this IS an expensive hobby. HAH!